Spring Weather in Åndalsnes Norway

Daily high temperatures increase by 19°F, from 36°F to 56°F, rarely falling below 28°F or exceeding 67°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 18°F, from 23°F to 42°F, rarely falling below 11°F or exceeding 49°F.

For reference, on July 25, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Åndalsnes typically range from 52°F to 66°F, while on February 3, the coldest day of the year, they range from 22°F to 33°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average spring temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Seward, United States (3,880 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Åndalsnes (view comparison).

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The spring in Åndalsnes experiences rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 75% to 60%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 57% on May 12.

The clearest day of the spring is May 12, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 43% of the time.

For reference, on January 24, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 80%, while on May 11, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 43%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Åndalsnes, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 51% and ending it at 42%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 57% on December 18, and its lowest chance is 34% on May 4.

Over the course of the spring in Åndalsnes, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 16% to 41%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain decreases from 22% to 0%, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 13% to 0%.

Rainfall

To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the spring in Åndalsnes is gradually increasing, starting the season at 3.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.2 inches or falls below 1.0 inches, and ending the season at 3.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.2 inches or falls below 1.7 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 2.7 inches on April 30.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during the spring in Åndalsnes is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 25.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 48.3 inches or falls below 7.0 inches, and ending the season at 0.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.4 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

Over the course of the spring in Åndalsnes, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 8 hours, 55 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 5 minutes, 53 seconds, and weekly increase of 41 minutes, 8 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 10 hours, 21 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 19 hours, 15 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Åndalsnes is 7:31 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 3 hours, 42 minutes earlier at 3:50 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:52 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 5 hours, 13 minutes later at 11:05 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time (DST) ends at 3:00 AM on March 31, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour earlier.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 3:29 AM and sets 20 hours, 3 minutes later, at 11:32 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 10:00 AM and sets 4 hours, 54 minutes later, at 2:54 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the spring of 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Åndalsnes is essentially constant during the spring, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 20, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Åndalsnes is very rapidly decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 9.4 miles per hour to 5.4 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on January 21, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.3 miles per hour, while on August 2, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.1 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Åndalsnes throughout the spring is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 59% on March 1.

Åndalsnes is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Åndalsnes is increasing during the spring, rising by 7°F, from 41°F to 48°F, over the course of the season.

The lowest average surface water temperature during the spring is 41°F on March 15.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Åndalsnes typically lasts for 4.4 months (136 days), from around May 17 to around September 29, rarely starting before April 28 or after June 3, and rarely ending before September 10 or after October 21.

During the spring in Åndalsnes, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly increasing rising from 0% to 86% over the course of the season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Åndalsnes are gradually increasing during the spring, increasing by 51°F, from 0°F to 51°F, over the course of the season.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Åndalsnes is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 4.3 kWh, from 1.3 kWh to 5.6 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the spring is 5.6 kWh on May 31.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Åndalsnes are 62.567 deg latitude, 7.687 deg longitude, and 33 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Åndalsnes contains large variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 3,025 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 509 feet. Within 10 miles contains large variations in elevation (5,902 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (6,562 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Åndalsnes is covered by trees (39%) and water (33%), within 10 miles by trees (31%) and sparse vegetation (18%), and within 50 miles by water (25%) and trees (21%).